And every main issue of Blackest Night consisted of this sequence of events: What are these things?! Here's what these things are! I know how to hurt it, follow my lead! That didn't work. I know how to hurt it, follow my lead! That didn't work. I know how to hurt it, follow my lead! That didn't work.

Then Boston Brand shows up and tells everyone how to solve everything.

Fin.

I agree completely. I feel as though Blackest Night lost a lot of steam as it went along, mostly because it was a huge event. I only got the main books (BN, GL, GLC) and I felt the whole dead loved ones coming back to life thing was stretched pretty thin. I thumbed through some of the minis in my LCS and they all seemed the same (like you describe). I understand that in real life your family coming back from the dead to eat your heart would be pretty goddamn devastating to your mental health, but I don't really want to read the same sequence of events 25 times in 10 different miniseries.

One of the things I really liked about the DCU was something Busiek highlighted about it in the JLA/Avengers crossover - the heroes were competent and loved. Now the DCU is the place where mass murder happens - fuck, even ordinary folks in Smallville were fodder in BL. It's just not a very fun place anymore.

I wish they'd put more of an emphasis on having living heroes do soul-searching and self-examination when being confronted with the undead embodiment of all their personal doubts and fears. There are so many different heroes and characters in the DCU that it could have made for an interesting overall theme with each individual story being unique. I find that superheroes often just shrug their shoulders and say 'yawn, never give up, etc' in times of doubt.

So does anyone know why the Indigos are talking about Larfleeze in that last bit?

Well, Larf has a Blue Lantern now so his hunger can be kept in check no? I probably remember that wrong. If his hunger was taken out of the equation he would be one of the most powerful beings in the universe.

ANYWAY! I want Larfleeze and Superboy Prime to get into a fight over some comic books.

Larfleeze is the perfect rendition of his Corps and its emotion, plus the fact that there aren't a couple thousand Orange Lanterns (love the designation "Agent Orange" btw, always have) is something that I found refreshing in the unvailing of all the lantern corps. Larfleeze is great and I think you owe him an apology. . .

I wish they'd put more of an emphasis on having living heroes do soul-searching and self-examination when being confronted with the undead embodiment of all their personal doubts and fears. There are so many different heroes and characters in the DCU that it could have made for an interesting overall theme with each individual story being unique. I find that superheroes often just shrug their shoulders and say 'yawn, never give up, etc' in times of doubt.

When Blackest Night was first teased at the end of Sinestro Corps War, I was excited because I thought this would be what a lot of it was. I was expecting a lot of character exploration, but then it turned out it was a zombie horror film. In hindsight, I should have expected such.

-Boston Brand or "Aliveman" as they called him is essentially confirmed to be the White Lantern. They said 'There is something different about him in BN8 than the others that returned. When a audience member asked about the ring, they said 'very perceptive'. They also said that he will have a bunch of new abilities now that he is alive.

-Max Lord has made the entire world forget he existed. Except for Booster, Fire, Ice, and Captain Atom. And this is the setup for JLI: Generation Lost. They are on a manhunt but no one believes them.

I'm just not sure how that book was pitched, as it seemed like there was no real story, or even a longterm plan for the cast. It seemed aimed entirely at nostalgia nuts. Unsurprisingly, the book initially sold a shitload of issues.

Eric Wallace and Fabrizio Fiorentino, the same creative team behind the Final Crisis Aftermath: Ink book.

That could actually be good - Ink was a lot better than I expected. As long as they don't try to make it "Evil Teen Titans Part 10" and just have it be "Deathstroke's Merry Men Being Evil and Stealing The Justice League's Milk Money".

They need to start the story off on a note that will get people talking, and show that things are actually going to occur in the book that will matter. And I don't think, given that Ronnie Raymond is back and Jason Rusch seems to no longer be the sole Firestorm, that DC's too worried about wrecking any of the recent crop of legacy heroes.

Plus, nobody really had much of a use for regular Atom, besides Geoff Johns. I doubt anyone but Gail Simone will care if they lose the redundant Shrinky Dink.

I don't really like it when similar groups crossover. I like it better when people who otherwise wouldn't encounter each other, like Secret Six and Birds of Prey, crossover and have interesting chemistry, like Huntress and Catman.

This is probably known by someone, but is the Brightest Day book the place to see more Aquaman\Mera? Because i'd like to see what Johns does with him. It was the Aquaman\Mera moments and the Dibney moments that really did it for me in Blackest Night.

This is probably known by someone, but is the Brightest Day book the place to see more Aquaman\Mera? Because i'd like to see what Johns does with him. It was the Aquaman\Mera moments and the Dibney moments that really did it for me in Blackest Night.

I liked All-New Atom, but I think most of the appeal was in his supporting cast, relationship with Giganta, etc. And since he no longer has his own book, none of that stuff is likely to reappear again, ostensibly making him redundant in the DCU. Though I did like that Ryan was much more of a put-upon geek than Ray.